Local factions that include former members of the Free Syrian Army are fighting alleged Islamic State members in southern Syria's Daraa with the support of the Syrian government.
Journalist Atef Al-Saadi died on Saturday evening in Daraa after sustaining injuries while covering fighting between regime forces and suspected IS militants.
Major General Yahya Rasool, the spokesperson for the Iraqi armed forces' commander-in-chief, said a 'terrorist leader nicknamed Abu Hamza Al-Mutawaiti' had been arrested.
Hussam Saleh Mohammed, 11, died on Tuesday after being shot "indiscriminately" in a Palestinian refugee camp in Daraa city, said Assem Al-Zoubi, head of the violations documentation office at the Horan Free League media group.
The Syrian government and Russia accused the Islamic State of blowing up a troop bus of the Syrian army’s Fourth Division in its main headquarters near Damascus.